BERIEV Aircraft Company

No. 74 dt. January, 2004.

Dear sirs ! BBERIEV Aircraft Company continues to work on development of new generation amphibious aircraft, which are of high flight and navigation performance. On December 29, 2003 Aviation Register of Interstate Aviation Committee issued the type certificate for the Be-200ES multipurpous amphibious aircraft. Earlier the Be-200ES already obtained the type certificate of the restrected category, which provided the opportunity to use the amphibian for carrying out special tasks for the sake of the Russian Ministry for Emergancy Situations. Our days the contract for delivery of 7 Be-200ES aicraft for the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations is under way. These aircraft are to be delivered to the customer till the end of 2005. The serial manufacturing of amphibians is performed by Irkutsk Aviation Industrial Association. The first serial Be-200ES amphibious aircraft performed its maiden flight from the airfild in Irkutsk city on Juin 17, 2003 and has already been delivered to the Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations. The Be-200 baseline amphibiban developed as the fire fighter is certrified according to the Russian Air Warthiness Regulations and has the type certificate of restricted category, issued by Aviation Register on August 15, 2001. Federation Aeronautique Internationale FAI officially registared 24 world records holded by the Be-200.

BERIEV Aircraft Company 1 Aviatorov sq., Taganrog, 347923, RUSSIA

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